On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 12:02:03AM +0300, Nicholas Guriev wrote: > On Пн, 2021-09-13 at 08:35 -0700, Steve Langasek wrote:
> > - Backports. These are available to all users of the stable release, but > > are opt-in; users must specifically choose to install the package from the > > backports repository, or by default they will see the older version that > > was available at the time of the stable release. You should be able to > > work directly with the Ubuntu Backports team to get a backport done (which > > has a baseline policy of: take the newer version of the package from the > > latest Ubuntu release, and publish it for the earlier release) without > > needing any sort of upload sponsorship by an Ubuntu Developer. > Nowadays backports are almost died in Ubuntu. For example, Ubuntu Focal > Backports offer only three(!) standalone software (Cockpit, Ibus-typing- > booster, and some closely related disk management utilities). > https://packages.ubuntu.com/focal-backports/allpackages > Too little benefits of using the repository. Please see the recent discussions about rebootstrapping the backports team. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2021-August/041587.html -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer https://www.debian.org/ slanga...@ubuntu.com vor...@debian.org
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